Cross Browser CompatibilityĪs the name suggests, cross browser compatibility corresponds to how compatible your website is among the browsers. After all, web based browser testing or browser compatibility testing will not only help in retaining your audience but would also improve your Google indexing! Before getting to the improvement steps, let us understand what cross browser compatibility actually means. Now that you have got it, you decide to implement cross browser testing in your development process & improve your website to become more cross browser compatible, so that no one is disappointed when they hit enter after writing your web address. I don’t need to tell you how big 36.4% is, especially when there are 55% of people using the internet. Global stats on W3counter shows that Chrome is used just by 63.6% of the people. Not this guy but millions more like him who are not using your browser (your favorite browser in which you tested). Now, is not a good time to ask this guy how he feels about it. Your scroll bar popup just crashed and your image carousel? Well, that messed up really bad. A little devil’s luck and look your fonts are not 18px but 24px. What happens next? A lot of luck to it and your website runs smooth and fine. There is a lot on the stakes right now but wait!! He does not have the Chrome Browser on which you tested your web pages. He will convey the experience to his colleagues and friends, maybe he will mention it on his blog. Then what? Somewhere, somehow, someone opens your website for the first time. You have worked so hard to make your website stand apart from this crowd, but during all the hard work you may end up forgetting about performing cross browser testing. According to this survey, there are 1.67 billion websites other than yours as I write this post. But your website is not alone on this web of networks. Now, I must not consider the concept of proxies but let us assume that your website is accessible to all the proxy servers including educational institutions.
You have to publish your website on the server so that it is available to everyone on the internet. Only basic CSS, JS and HTML which are required to develop a complete website takes a lot of your time and hard work. Even if I don’t consider the complexities of JQuery and other famous libraries of JavaScript. You must be familiar with it if you have developed one.
Development of a website takes a lot of effort.